Gasherbrum III

Left of Gasherbrum III, in the middle of Gasherbrum II

Gasherbrum III is a mountain of Gasherbrum group in the Karakoram in the north of Pakistan in Gilgit -Baltistan. It is situated between Gasherbrum II and IV He was until 1975 as the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Because the neighboring Gasherbrum II is a 7591 m high saddle separates him, so the summit has a saddle height of 355 m, it is not considered as a separate mountain. For autonomy in the Himalayas a Vertical separation of at least 500 m is defined. Because of its dominance, the second criterion of originality, the Gasherbrum III is considered to be relatively independent main summit.

Gasherbrum III was first climbed in 1975 by a group of Polish climbers. To expedition included Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick - Onyszkiewicz Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki. This was the highest first ascent by a woman, a power that can not be surpassed, at least on Earth.